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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 43

" Russia Reports 12,000 Nazis In Finland, Masses Troops

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941

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PRICE THREE CENTS

45,000 BRITISH GET OUT OF GREECE

~ SPEED ACTION ON ‘CAFETERIA

TRAFFIC COURT

Ordinance Ordered Drawn With Fixed Fines for 29 Violations.

The backbone of a new traffic ordinance—providing for a “cafeteria pourt” with fixed fines ranging from $2 to $5—was outlined today by a committee of City and County officials. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan immediately ordered the City Legal Department to draft the ordinance embodying the committee's recom-

Johnson

Automatic Fines Provided

The fixed fines will be included | in the ordinance to satisfy legal] doubts about the new court, Twenty- | nine violations ranging from driving over the sidewalk to unnecessary horn blowing will be included. The automatic fine for first offenders | will be $2 for second offenders, $3, and for third offenders, $5. The committee also recommended that any person receiving a sticker for any of these offenses must appear in person, or by agent, at the] Traffic Violation Bureau within 48] hours. The court itself will not be | located at the Police Station, where the traffic court now functions, but

station. Must Show License Each violator will be required to |

Gen, ”

Hugh

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Loses Army Rank

8. Johnson ”

President Refuses fo Renew

His Commission in Reserves

: WASHINGTON, April 30 (U. P.) —President Roosevelt, it was dis-| ahroad. will be in a building north of the closed today, has refused to renew the Army Reserve commission of | Brig. Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, newspaper columnist, Administration critic

and one-time chief of the NRA.

Correspondence in the case disclosed that Mr. Roosevelt, through his |

bring his operator's license to the secretary and military aid, Maj. Gen. Bawin M. Watson, assured “Gen.

stand trial instead of paying the fine, the clerk will slate him in the court. If the violator pays the fine, | the clerk will punch his driver's) license. After a driver's license has | three punches, the clerk, upon its] presentation by the volator, shall immediately slate the violator in court. If a volator fails to appear within the given number of hours, the clerk will have a warrant issued for the violator’'s arrest. Effective July 1

The Mayor estimated that the cafeteria court would be in operation about July 1. \

Bureau. If the violator elects tol

6.0, P. ASKS BAN

| Seeks Court Order Halting

Schricker Action Until ‘Ripper’ Ruling.

By VERN BOXELL A Supreme Court order barring!

Plans for the court were reviewed at City Hall last night when the] City Prosecutor, Louis Adams, re-|

ported to the Mayo: that the me-)

appointments by Governor Henty |

F. Schricker pending a final deci-|

sion on the constitutionality of the

Johnson that personalities were not |

involved in the decision. The commission wag not reviewed, the letter said, because of Gen. Johnson's age, physical condition and the fact that he has not been many August. Mr. Roosevelt's action overruled a recommendation of the War Department that the general be reappointed. White House Press Secretary Stephen T. Barly said the Johnson case and the resignation of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from the reserves could not be considered analagous.

Says Both Free to Talk

He said that no abridgement of free speech could be construed from

years, He will be 59 in

chanics of the new system had been Republican “decentralization” laws either action, because as eivilians no

worked out by the prosecutor's office and the Police Department. At the meeting in the Mayor's | office yesterday weie, in addition |

was asked today by G. O. P. attorneys. | THe petition asks an immediate,

longer in the reserves, both Gen. Johnson and Col. Lindbergh would have greater liberty of expression than would be possible in active

tc Mayor Sullivan, Safety Board | court order since the laws in ques- Service,

President Leroy J. Keach, Wallace | O. Lee, Traffic Advisory Committee | chairman: Police Thief Morrissey; | Coroner Roy B. Storms; Dr. R. N.| Hairger, Advisory Committee member; Mrs. Adams; Forest Littlejohn, deputy City prosecutor, and Samuel Blum, feputy County prosecutor.

Violations Listed

The violations listed by the Committee are: | Blocking and obstructing traffic; | breaking through funeral procesgion; driving over sidewalk; driving wiong on one-way street; driving taxi past a fireplug designated as taxi stand; driving truck on boulevard; driving over fire hose; driving through safety zone unless directed by officer; disobeying offier’s signal; disobeying automatic traffic signal; disobeying railroad signal; failing to stop before emerging from alley; failing to stop for preferential street; following fire apparatus; leaving taxi unattended. Number of persons in and loading merchandise in front seat restricted —more than three persons; operator other than a taxi parking in a des fgnated taxi stand; operators turning left into alleys or driveways other than at street intersections; prohibited left turns at all times; prohibited left turns at all designated hours; prohibited “U” turns; taxis cruising; taxi operators parking out of taxi stand; turning in middle of the block: unnecessary horn blowing.

ASKS U. 8S. DECLARE WAR REDDING, Conn, April 30 (U. P.) Albert Levitt, former Gove ernor of the Virgin Islands, telegraphed President Rooseveit today, urging an immediate declaration of | war against Germany, Italy and Japan.

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Clapper ..... 11] Movies ...... 4 Oomics ..... 19 Obituaries .. 10 Crossword ... 18) Pegler ...... 12| Bditorials ... 12/ Pyle ........ | Financial ... 16( Radio ....... 9 Flynn ...... 12] Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Forum ...... 12) Serial Story.. 19 Gallup Poll.. 11]Side Glances 12 In Sap 3 Society 14 dpls. 11) Sports ..... 8 9

[statutes in question. The four elect-

tion go into effect at midnight, | Governor Schricker, it was reported, | continued with his plans to reappoint this afternoon all State offi-| cers whose offices are abolished and | recreated at midnight under the) new laws. | The petition asked that the order be issued without hearing to maintain the status quo under the

ed Republican State officials already | are enjoined under a temporary injunction issued by Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox. The Republicans have appealed this injunction to the high court, and the judges have indicated they will rule on the constitutionality of the contested laws when they hand down their opinion on the appeal. In their motion, the G. O. P. attorneys cite Governor Schricker's statement in another suit that he “will make all of the appointments provided for.” They claim this would be in conflict with the new statutes and would result in “great public confusion.” “The Governor has voluntarily injected himself into this litigation as a party and he alone has provoked the litigation questioning the constitutionality of these statutes, and in this situation he, as a party to this appeal, is as much amenable (Continued on Page Seven)

SOUTHERN MINING BEGINS TOMORROW

Temporary Agreement Ends Threatened Delay.

By UNITED PRESS

The United Mine Workers and the Southern soft coal operators announced today that they had completed a temporary agreement for reopening two-thirds of the Southern mines tomorrow, While all parties Monday night

formula for reopening the mines, hitehes over details had threatened for a time today to delay the Southern reopening further. Negotiations for a finai contract will be resumed May 12, Northern ming will reopen to-

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had. accepted President Roosevelt's] -

“It used to be a practice for the War and Navy Departments to call men to active service and thereby gag them,” Mr. Early said. “As a newspaperman covering the War and Navy Departments I have seen cases’ where men thus called were assighed on active service to posts in very remote places.” In contrast 'o this policy, the secretary said, the action in regard

to Gen. Johnson and Col. Lind'bergh permits them utmost diberty

of expression. Gen. Johnson had asked that his commission be renewed. Col. Lindbergh submitted his resignation following the President's criticism of his views about the war. The Colonel’s resignation was accepted yes(Continued on Page Seven)

MILD AND CLOUDY,

SAYS THE BUREAU

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Sa. m ...63 10am. .... 17 Yam ...68 Ham .... 718 Sam ... 68 12 (noon).. 80 Sam... MN 1pm 81

Summer-mild temperatures will continue today, tonight and tomorrow, the Weather Bureau predicted today. The skies will be partly cloudy.

Lone British Doctor Walks 100 Miles Across Desert, Past Axis Bases, to Reach Tobruk

By J. H. YINDRICH United Press Staff Correspondent

WITH BRITISH TROOPS BESIEGED AT TOBRUK, Libya (Via Cairo), April 23 (Delayed) — A former English country doctor, now in the Army Medical Corps, has arrived afoot from Derna, through 100 miles of enemy territory, with a narrative of experiences rivaling those of Lawrence of Arabia, Retreating with British imperial forces eastward along the Libyan coast during the German-Italian offensive early this month, the physician, once a general practi-, tioner at Rudgwick, Sussex, was left behing at Derna attending a wounded British soldier who could not be moved. He and the sol-

2 ANTI-CONVOY BILLS LOSE IN

SENATE TESTS

VanNuys, However, Fav. ~ ored Resolutions of Both Nye and Tobey.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (U, P). | —The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted 13 to 10

The Senate committee acted during a closed session. Senator Tobey | has been seeking consideration for { some time of his proposal to outlaw the use of U. 8. warships to escort supplies to Britain or other nations at war. Chairman Walter F. George (D. Ga.) read the committee a letter | from Secretary of State Hull which | opposed the Tobey resolution. Hull [sid |

“If there were no other reasons | against favorable action on the pro- | posed resolution, it is manifest that [its passage would be misunderstood

| “My recommendation, therefore, is | against the passage of the resolu- | tion.”

Oppose Public Hearings

| A motion 6 hold Riche hearings on the Tobey resolution lost by a (13 to 9 vote. | Other attempts to get the Tobey |and Nye resolutions to the Senate floor without recommendation or

| also defeated. | The Committee lineup on both resolutions was as follows: Against the resolutions (13) George (D. Ga.), Harrison (D. Miss), Wagner (D. N. Y), Connally (D. Tex.), Thomas (D. Utah), Murray (D. Mont.), Pepper (D. Fla), Green (D. R. 1), Barkley (D, Ky.), Guffey (D. Pa), Glass (D. Va), Byrnes (D. 8. C. and White (R. Me.). For the Resolutoins (10)—Van(Continued on Page Seven)

LICENSE DIVISION'S STATUS QUESTIONED

Tucker's Name Will Go on Title Certificates.

The question of what happens to the Motor Vehicle License Division lafter the MeNutt 1933 Reorganiza[tion Act goes into oblivion at mid- | night tonight, kept Statehouse cirleles in a dither today. The License Bureau under the MecNutt Act was placed under the Department of Treasury, headed by State Treasurer James Givens, Under the new G. O. P. “ripper” law, the legality of which is now being questioned in court, the division is placed under a department headed by Secretary of State James’ Tucker. M¢, Givens today notified Edward gtein, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, that his name was to be used no longer on certificates of title. Mr, Stein after a conference with the | Attorney General asked Mr. Tucker for permission to use his name under a 1037 law under which the department now is operating. Mr. Tucker agreed to permit his name to be used. The Democrats contend, however, that while Mr. Tucker's name should be used on certificates of title as head of the Motor Venicle Bureau, he has no control over appointments in the department. Mr. Tucker said he did not know about that and would go

ge, p ON JOB FILLING © active service or training for even with an adverse report were

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into the question thoroughly.

dier lay hidden near a rmanoccupied air field for hours, Then the soldier died and the doctor started his retreat across the fringe of the great Libyan desert. Heat, sand, rocky cliffs, insects and worn-out boots plagued him all the way. The journey took 11 days. Water was a never-end-ing problem, and the last few days there was no food, The fifth day on the road he met a party of two British officers and 12 Indian troops. They endured two days of the doctor's

pace-making, moving by night, .

hiding by day from the dual enemy of hegt and hostile soldiers, then all but one of them grew weary and surrendered. The doctor kept a diary, some-

against reporting either of two anti-| resolutions offered in the

| Simultaneously, Secretary of the |

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Katarini,

TEACHERS WIN PAY INCREASE

School Board Adopts Sched- | ule Granting $150,000 For 1942 Only.

By EARL HOFF

The School Board last night voted a 1042 salary increase of $150,000 that will affect part of the city's public school teaching staff and fractionally boost the tax rate. The salary action was in reply to a request for increases and a definite schedule by the Federation of Indianapolis Public School Teachers

Greeting the

A Greek Orthodox archbishop and some of his followers greet their German conquerors as the grey-clad soldiers of the Reich moved into

Conquerers

BYE

Lone Selectee

At Fort Today

The reception and induction staff at Ft. Harrison, which has been processing as many as 500 selectees a day, turned out to receive one lone Marion County youth today. Kleeman Wesley Lyles, 1732 Columbia Ave., was ordered to report from Marion County Local Board 2 to the Ft. Harrison reception center as a replacement. Although Mr. Lyles may have been a bit lonely when he boarded the bus at the Traction Terminal for Ft. Harrison, he was sure to get special attention at the Post. State Selective Service headquarters said it was the first time

and the Indianapolis Teachers

quest, presented a month ago, was indorsed by several civic-and service organizations. The new school schedule applies only to next year, the Board pointed out in a prepared statement, since “it is in the interest of all not to make commitments, even implied, about which there may be question as to fulfilment.” Teachers eligible for increases must meet standards set up by Superintendent DeWitt S. Morgan. These requirements are that these teachers must earn a rating of “Superior” or “Honor” during the current school year. The increases will not apply to the first four months of the next school year. y The provisions of the new schedule ares 1. A $10-a-month increase for each grade school principal, high school vice principal, supervisor, (Continued on Page Three)

FDR ASKS EXTENSION OF DOLLAR POWERS

Union, A. P. of L. afliae. The re- |

that a lone selectee had made the trip to the reception center.

STATE FOREST FIRES HALTED

Rage in Six Counties; Thousands of Acres in East Leveled.

Forest fires in six Indiana counties were brought under control today. The blazes, attributed to the. prolonged dry spell, raged for several hours over. more than 200 acres in Wennings, Lawrence, Floyd, Harrison, Monroe and Brown Counties. They were fought successfully by State Conservation Department crews. / Meanwhile, in New York State and New England, thousands of acres of timber were levaied and a number of farm houses were destroyed in a series of widespread

WASHINGTON, April 30 (U. P). — President Roosevelt has asked Congress to extend until June 30, 1043, his power to fix the value of the dollar, which is scheduled to expire this June 30, it was disclosed

today.

fires. In the Eastern Adirondack region of New York, a fire which burned across 15000 acres was reported halted by 1000 fire-fighters. Governor Hoerbert H. Lehman closed the State's vast forest preserves to

The President's request, which has been referred to the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, was contained in a letter to Vice President Henry A. Wallace. If the request is granted, the $2.000,000,000 Treasury stabilization fund also would be continued for two years more,

the public at the request of the New York State Conservation Department. Massachusetts posted 1000 men around the smouldering remains of what was described as New England's worst fire of the season in the timberland area east of Groton.

STATE CANAL FUNDS |

INCLUDED IN BILL

WASHINGTON, April 30 (U. P..| -The House Rivers and Harbors Committee today approved a bill to | authorize 21 projects totaling $458,- | 487.000, including resumption of work on the $197,000,000 Florida ship | canal. One of the projects is the Illinois Waterway and Indiana Harbor Canal in Indiana and Illinois, to cost $25,900,000. Committee Chairman Joseph J. Mansfield (D. Tex.) expressed belief that appropriations necessary to carry out the work would not be made available during the defense emergency.

times pausing to make entries in it with German troops almost on his heels: It told this story:

“I believe it. was April 7, our column started out in earliest daylight toward Derna, some 40 miles away. Later, down an escarpment by very steep hairpin bend in the road, we were ma-chine-gunned by three German planes. . . . No harm done. “Approaching a steeper hill leading east out of town I was informed by a colonel that an enemy force barred our way. We went forward with tanks. Atop the esearpment fighting soon began. . . . Much shrapnel whistling around unpleasantly. About six wounded and no ambulances. . . . Dispersed them over various (Continued on Page Seven)

HINT DOUGLAS ORDER FOR 70-TON BOMBERS

War Department Awards $43,000,000 Contract.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (U. P.. —The War Department today awarded a $43,521,300 contract for airplanes and parts to Douglas Aircraft Co, Inc, of Santa Monica, Cal, in a step believed to presage development of a fleet of 70-ton aerial dreadnaughts approximately twice the size of the Army’s present biggest bombers. Observers believed the contract was for the new so-called B-19 bomber, capable of cruising more than 6000 miles—sufficient to span the Atlantic and return—with wing spread of 210 feet, 16-foot propellers, and speed in excess of 200 miles per hour. The Army has recently ‘been concentrating on development of big long-range bombers as essential to hemisphere defense. Only yesterday, it awarded a $17,201,352 contract to Boeing. This also was believed to call for bigger bombers than present types in service, which are about 22 tons.

RYAN'S GUNS STOLEN

CHICAGO, April 30 (U. P). — Gene Ryan, Indiana state narcotic agent, reported to police today burglary from his automobile of three revolvers and an overcoat. The burglary occurred while Ryan was

Churchill; 3000 Ar

United Press Fo

Battle in the Mediterranean.

scattered air, land and sea

Soviet Russia massed a artillery and tanks for tomor in Red Square, following the

press emphasized that Russ war raging ever closer to her cation of opposing the Nazis.

drive toward the Suez Canal

to act.

A grim story of fighting

Plymouth Ha

By H. L

of planes into a savage assault on last night.

roll is at least as high as after any previous raid and rescue workers were digging for trapped victims in a score of places.

Last night's four-hour attack differed in method from the four previous ones. Usually the Germans drop a few incendiary bombs but last night they opened the at-

tack with hundreds of high explosive missiles.

Many casualties were caused when a raider crashed in a residential district. Several shelters were hit with considerable casualties. Hospitals, already scarred by previous raids, were hit again. Bodies were strewn in the road in front of one college. People in Plymouth believe that there will be another raid tonight. Last week the Germans raided Plymouth on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The city has been

raided on Monday and Tuesday of this week.

Many Plymouth resi-

the start of the war, has shown the relations with Stalin. obvious while yet. neither seems The fundamental differences of

attending the silver jubilee meeting Chicago Patrolmen’s Club last

peatedly, only to unclench them as Each semi-belligerent ges-

VICHY WARNED TO KEEP REICH FROMN. AFRICA

Empire Sent Army of 60,000 to Balkans, Says

e Casualties; Nazis

Claim 5000 Prisoners.

» (Text of Churchill Address, Page Three) By JOE ALEX MORRIS

reign News Editor

Great Britain reported today that heroic rear-guard action had rescued three-quarters of the Imperial expedie tionary force from Greece and inflicted big losses on Hitler's blitzkrieg armies as both sides steeled themselves for the

Germany’s next big-scale thrust still was hidden by

operations from England te

Suez, and for the moment there appeared to be a possibility, that the changing views of the world’s big powers would influence the impending war blows.

France Is Warned

record number of airplanes, row’s May Day demonstration publication in Moscow of ree

ports that 12,000 German troops with heavy equipment had moved into Finland, possibly en route to Norway. The Soviet

ia was prepared against the borders, but gave no real indi«

Britain, through a statement read in the House of Commons, warned France of the dangers involved in dispatch of German troops into North Africa to bolster the Axis . The warning said that the Nazis were increasing the numbers of the “Armistice Come mission” in French North Africa and made it clear to the Vichy Government that Britain was watching and ready

60,000 Against 200,000

The statement bolstered reports that the Germans. might move through Spain to close Gibraltar Straits and transport reinforcement across North Africa. The position of the United States, especially in extend« ing naval patrols far out into the Atlantic, also came into the picture in bolder relief when Nazis reiterated that any ships “regardless of flag” would be torpedoed if they ven tured into the war zones declared by the Axis powers.

against odds of five to one in

Greece was given to Parliament by British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill, who added, however, that the Germans (Continued on Page Seven)

s Worst Raid

. PERCY

United Press Staff Correspondent

PLYMOUTH, England, April 30.—With the apparent intent of wiping Plymouth completely off the map, the German Air Force sent hundreds

this city of Drake and the Pilgrims

Survivors said it was the worst attack that battered Plymouth has suffered. Casualties today were mounting steadily. Already the death

{dents planned to spend the night in {the open country. | Five times in eight nights massed {German planes had bombed. the an {cient town in the full fury of blitze |krieg warfare, | There is no doubt that Plymouth has been the victim of the most merciless bombings of the entire wa on any British city. : When I came to Plymouth after its first great raid, I thought that in parts its ruins were ‘worse than those of Coventry. But now dame age had been done on an income parable scale. The city is not altogether in ruins, In some parts—smaller now since last night when I made a survey on my arrival for a second visit—life is normal, homes are undamaged and children play ring-around-arosy among the sand bags. But it was sickening to see other areas. They reminded me of dere lict movie sets or a “no-man’s land.”

War Moves Today

By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert

Russian reports that 12,000 German troops have landed in Finland, coupled with restrictions newly imposed in Russia regarding the transport of wap materials through Russian territory, point once more to the fluctuations in relations between Mose cow and Berlin, Each capital is regarding the other apparently with increasing suspicion consee quences of which cannot be foretold. On other phase of German foreign policy, since

same degree of instability as Hitler's

Distrust between the two dictators appears

prepared for an immediate clash,

policy between Russia and Germany | ture, however, has a cumulative ine have been causing the two potential {fluence which cannot help but be antagonists to clench their fists re-|disquieting to the Axis. 4

Germany must maintain her hald

the time seemed not yet ripe for ajon the Balkans to retain control

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